What is elephantiasis? Elephantiasis is a condition where the skin thickens and hardens after excessive swelling associated with lymph accumulation (lymphedema). It is most marked in the lower limbs but also commonly affects the scrotum in males, and may also affect the breasts and arms.
relent. 1  to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. 2  to become less severe; slacken: The winds relented. 3  Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination. 4  Obsolete. to cause to slacken; abate. 5  Obsolete. to abandon; relinquish.
Historical Examples. 1  Wanhope had the effect of appealing to Minver, but the painter would not relent. 2  Your mother is of opinion, you say, that at last my friends will relent. 3  That it could soften or relent, appeared next to impossible. 4  We shrink not from death, nor relent before any of thy gods.